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FALL 2018 READING CHALLENGE
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Thanks Rachel! 🍁🍂😍📚🎃"You’re welcome.🤓🎃
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I'm going to read Dark Places by Gillian Flynn"Thanks for the update, Dustin! :)
Looks like a great challenge!! I put Dark Places on hold on the online library.
Danell wrote: "Looks like a great challenge!! I put Dark Places on hold on the online library."Glad you like it! :)
Hope you like
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I have started re-reading Stay Awake by Dan Chaon. This is a short story collection in which several stories feature characters with nightmares. "Thanks for the update, Dustin! :D
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The PBS 100 Great American Reads offer lots of variety to choose from. From that list, I'm planning to read the following (and maybe more if I get around to it):
I haven't read any of the authors who have birthdays - from that list, the author Neal Shusterman seems most intriguing to me and I'm going to try Bruiser first.
Hey Everyone......sorry to be behind on this challenge. I was back in Colorado helping out with my son and his wife. My daughter in law was in the hospital. It was pretty scary for a few days but she is headed back to her healthy life. I tell you, and you all know this, appreciate every day because you never know when something is going to blindside you. Anyway, I am home again and ready to be back to normal. The Fall Challenge looks great. Thank you Rachel! I will set my goal and have some recommendations for reads on the challenge later on today. I've missed you guys.
I read the book The Hate U Give. I HIGHLY recommend reading it. I also want to see the movie. It might be something we can do a group read on, separate from the challenge. There's lots to think about in that book.
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I've been looking at books that will work with this Fall Reading Challenge. The PBS 100 Great American Reads offer lots of variety to choose from. From that list, I'm planning to read the followi..."
The PBS list has a lot of great books on it-I’m not sure which title (s) I’m going to read for the challenge yet-been thinking about
-I loved that movie when I was younger but have never read the book.I really liked
. I haven’t read
but I really liked his book
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Christine wrote: "Hey Everyone......sorry to be behind on this challenge. I was back in Colorado helping out with my son and his wife. My daughter in law was in the hospital. It was pretty scary for a few days but s..."Glad to hear your daughter in law is doing better. Missed you!
Christine wrote: "I read the book The Hate U Give. I HIGHLY recommend reading it. I also want to see the movie. It might be something we can do a group read on, separate from the challenge. There's l..."I really need to read this book. The movie trailer looks good.
Is anyone watching The Great American Read on PBS........I'm totally book geeking out over it. I think its really well done and inspiring me to read a lot of books on the list as well as re-reading some of my favorites. How many books have you read on the list?
Christine wrote: "Is anyone watching The Great American Read on PBS........I'm totally book geeking out over it. I think its really well done and inspiring me to read a lot of books on the list as well as re-reading..."I watched the initial special that aired before the actual series started and the whole list was mentioned. There are so many books that I want to read on the list-I think i’ve read 21 of the books-don’t remember how many others are on my tbr. I especially loved Gillian Flynn’s comments but also just loved hearing everyone talk about their favorites.
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I'm currently reading Looking for Alaska by John Green"Thanks for the update, Dustin! :)
I've started reading and re-reading Stephen King's short stories. He's my favorite author and I have voted for
as my favorite read on The Great American Read!
Christine wrote: "I've started reading and re-reading Stephen King's short stories. He's my favorite author and I have voted for as my favorite read on The Great American Read!"Awesome choice ! :D
I think you can vote for multiple books if you’d like which is what I might do -don’t think I can narrow it down to just one. :)
There's a lot of good ones on the list. I keep watching the show and have added a few to my TBR list. It never seems to go down, lol.
I just finished A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership and while I considered counting it as a book with monsters in it, I decided people might not take it as the joke it was meant to be. I do encourage people to read it. His epilogue is hopeful especially after the dark days we have experienced leading up to the latest Supreme Court battle. It wasn't a book I considered reading but my sister encouraged it and loaned me her copy. I'm glad I did. If anything, read the epilogue.
Christine wrote: "I just finished A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership and while I considered counting it as a book with monsters in it, I decided people might not take it as the joke it was..."Thanks for the update, Christine! :D
P.S. I say count it ;)
i just finished a book about a widow This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, about what you would expect, sometimes funny, sometimes sad. It definitely explores the relationships we have with our parents, our partners and our children. I liked that it was set in the Northwest.
Christine wrote: "i just finished a book about a widow This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, about what you would expect, sometimes funny, sometimes sad. It definitely explores the relationships we hav..."Thanks for the update, Christine! :)
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I'm currently reading the following books which all work toward the Fall Reading Challenge:
I plan to start the following one this week:
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I have finished 5 out of 10 books for the Fall Reading Challenge. We have about one more month! At my current work, I'm able to listen to audiobooks so I'm getting through quite a few books lately...."Thanks for the update, Dustin! :)
I just realized I can count
as a book with a character who has nightmares.
I don't think this was the type of book you had in mind when you added K-I-N-D to the challenge......I read
. They have added a great new character, Princess, watch out when she has to put her goggles down, lol. Happy Halloween Everyone! Have lots of treats and few tricks, lol.
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I watched the movie last week too. Also both read the book and watched the film for The Hate U Give.
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Thanks for the updates!Happy Halloween! :)
I read
for my book to read from the list of Great American Reads.
Christine wrote: "I read for my book to read from the list of Great American Reads."Thanks for the update, Christine! :)
Hope you and your family are well.
Other than having a bit of a cold, doing well. Family good too. How about you? All good?
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for my book to read from the list of Great American Reads."I remember reading that as a teenager back in the olden days :-)
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Christine wrote: "Other than having a bit of a cold, doing well. Family good too. How about you? All good?"
All good. :)
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I am currently reading The Boy Who Drew Monsters"Thanks for the update, Dustin! :)
How’s everything?
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Things are overall well. I'm flying through audiobooks working in the warehouse and having fun working at the movie theater on weekends.
It's getting a little bit colder in Colorful Colorado, which always makes scootering a bit tricky but I'm going into my sixth winter as a scooterist and have a good amount of scoot life experience to carry with me. I'd much rather ride Hooter the Orange Scooter than take the bus whenever possible.
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Greetings Rachel! Things are overall well. I'm flying through audiobooks working in the warehouse and having fun working at the movie theater on weekends.
It's getting a little bit colder in Colo..."
Glad you and Hooter the scooter are good- stay warm! :)
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The Fall 2018 Reading Challenge will start on September 12th and end November 30th.
Rules of the Challenge:
Read 3 books (or more)
Complete 3 tasks (or more)
Any genre ok
Rereads ok
So this fall complete 3 (or more) of the following:
1. Several authors celebrate their birthdays this season.
So this fall,
READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
N.K. Jemisin (September 19th)
Anne Tyler (October 25th)
Neal Shusterman (November 12th)
Ruta Sepetys (November 19th)
2. September is Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
So this fall,
READ A BOOK WITH THE LETTERS
K-I-N-D IN THE TITLE/SUBTITLE.
3. The Great American Read is a limited series airing this fall on PBS. One hundred books are nominated.
So this fall,
READ A BOOK ON THE LIST.
4. Frankenstein Friday is celebrated on the last Friday in October.
So this fall,
READ FRANKENSTEIN
or
READ ANY BOOK IN WHICH ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IS A MONSTER.
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in theaters on November 16th, 1984..
So this fall,
READ A BOOK WITH THE WORD “NIGHTMARE “ IN THE TITLE/SUBTITLE.
or
READ A BOOK IN WHICH ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IS HAVING NIGHTMARES.
or
READ A BOOK THAT FEATURES A CHARACTER NAMED FREDDY( any form of this name is ok).
or
READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR NAMED FREDDY (any form of this name is ok).
6. Widows will be released in theaters November 16th, 2018. The screenplay is co-written by Gillian Flynn. It stars Viola Davis. It’s about a group of women recently widowed. Their husbands were criminals and owe some bad men a lot of money so the widows plan a heist.
So this fall,
READ A BOOK IN WHICH THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A WIDOW.
or
READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY GILLIAN FLYNN.
7. Random Task- This task counts towards the challenge but is not inspired by the season.
Three movies are being released in theaters in the next few months that deal with individuals finding their voice. Two of the movies actually come out in the fall but the third will be released in theaters on Christmas.
The Hate U Give -(October 19th) based on the book
Boy Erased (November 2nd) based on the book
On the basis of sex (December 25th) not based on a book but it’s inspired by the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
So this fall,
CHECK OUT THE TRAILERS, READ THE BOOKS, READ ABOUT RBG.
or
READ ANY BOOK THAT FEATURES AN INDIVIDUAL FINDING HIS/HER VOICE.
HAPPY AUTUMN, EVERYONE! :D